Review of Linux Compatibility

The Hauppauge WinTV HVR-850 is a HDTV USB Stick, which exists in three different version. All versions are working under Linux, but use different chipsets and therefore different drivers.

Model 65301 – USB ID 2040:651f

This version of the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-850 uses the same chipset as the HVR-950. It therefore needs the same firmware file xc3028-v27.fw in /lib/firmware. If the file was not included in the Linux distribution, it can be extracted from the Windows driver file. After downloading and extracting the windows driver by:

Model 01200 – USB ID 2040:b140

This newer version of the Hauppauge WinTV HVR-850 has the USB ID 2040:b140. This stick is fully and automatically supported by Linux (at least since Ubuntu 12.04) this was functional using the same xc5000 firmware and v4l-dvb driver as used for the model 72301 (see above).

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